Utility of --backup

[Dan Stromberg]

In Backup.rsync, which of course is a wrapper around rsync that can be used
for backups, I do not use --backup, but I do use --link-dest:
https://stromberg.dnsalias.org/~strombrg/Backup.remote.html

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 11:13 PM Lisa via rsync <rsync at lists.samba.org>
wrote:

> I would like some feedback about the --backup option in rsync. Is
> it worth using it for backups, or should I just use rsync
> commands that just transfer files without the use of --backup
> option?
>
> -b, --backup      make backups (see --suffix & --backup-dir)
> --backup-dir=DIR  make backups into hierarchy based in DIR
> --suffix=SUFFIX   backup suffix (default ~ w/o --backup-dir)
>
> I am somewhat hesitant to use it because with the backup option,
> preexisting destination files are renamed as each file is
> transferred or deleted. It also says that previously backed-up
> files could get deleted.  Thusly I need some assistance
> understanding all the pros and cons.
>
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